Message from Our Senior Pastor 

Experiencing true closeness and intimacy with God, develops over time.  While time is essential it can be very difficult to find.  We must focus and then decide to commit time to our relationship with God.  It is like when you are cooking in the crockpot or baking in the oven.  It is not a microwave; it takes time to cuisine versus cook.

Even when you are growing plants, or when you consider how plant life and trees grow, you ask yourself what the essential needs are that are necessary for growth in the garden.  Seeds, soil, plant food, sunshine and much attention.  Plants or strong trees don’t grow overnight and neither do disciples.

Jeremiah 17:7-8 "But blessed is the man who trusts me, GOD, the woman who sticks with GOD. They're like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers— Never a worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf, Serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season.” (MSG)

A tree that is planted, and spreads out its roots by the rivers, draws from the abundance of water, and remains firmly fixed and shall be established.  The trees will not sustain any damage throughout the seasons; the cold of winter and the droughts of summer.  As a community of grace, the calling required of us, as a church is to trust in the Lord, and to live from him in every season of life.  The image of the righteous or disciples is as flourishing trees that are refreshed by His living water.  God is our source, and we need the power supply that comes from the river of life to grow us, build us, sustain us, to complete us, where we can be called oaks of righteousness.

Church family, I would like to invite you to join me in a time of consecration, preparation, and refreshing for the New Year.  I believe that when we come together with prayer and fasting, seeking the father with the right motivation, He will open to us the mystery of His will and we will experience His great rewards. Let’s trust Him.

Senior Pastor Terrance Youmans Sr.